How to Pay for Nigerian Visa Online (New or Renewal)

Welcome to this article about How to Pay for Nigerian Visa Online, via Afrokonnect. The embassy of Nigeria has instituted a policy that prohibits the acceptance of cash payments from individuals asking for visas to the nation.

Because of this policy, the Nigerian embassy now accepts visa applications via the internet;

You can apply for a Nigerian visa online from anywhere in the world with your mobile phone or a Computer, a visa agent will be available to assist you throughout the application process.

This is in accordance with the directive issued by the Nigerian Immigration Service. Every traveler is required to fill out their visa application and pay the corresponding fee online.

After that, they must submit proof of payment in the form of a printed application form, an acknowledgment slip, and the payment receipt.

The Nigerian embassy will not take any additional proof of payment in addition to these documents, and it will not accept any other documents that is not relevant to the required information.

Please be aware that visas purchased with cash will not be honored once you have arrived in the country.

Because of this, this post will offer you with information on how to make an online payment for your Nigerian visa.

HOW TO PAY FOR NIGERIAN VISA ONLINE (NEW OR RENEWAL)

The following are steps involved in the process of how to fill out and pay for Online Visa Application in Nigeria, you can follow the same instructions for both renewal or payment of new visa, so let’s dive in;

Step 1: Go to the website for the Nigerian Immigration Service.

Step 2: Pick an Entry Visa/Visa-Free Zone to Enter the Country

In Step 3, after clicking on Processing Country, choose the country where the visa is being processed.

Click on the “Start Application” button in Step 4.

In the fifth step, the application procedure will be completed on the website of Inovate1 Services.

You will be required to sign in with either your Google or Yahoo email account, if you already have one.

You also have the choice to go with the open ID option, in which case you will need to set up an account in order to complete the application procedure.

After you have successfully logged in, go to step 6 of the application process, which is to register your account with Innovate1 Services.

Step 7: Select the processing office that will handle your documents.

Step 8: When you have finished filling out the form, click the button that says “submit,” and then print off the whole form.

HOW TO PAY FOR NIGERIAN VISA ONLINE (NEW OR RENEWAL)

Step 9: When your application has been processed successfully,

You will be given an application ID and a reference number, both of which will be sent to you via mail from Innovate1.

Step 10: You can now exit the screen and make the Visa Fee Payment using your debit or credit card using the Application ID and Reference number.

Alternatively, you can input additional applications to make payment for up to six applications at once.

Step 11: If you do not have either a debit or credit card available for payment,

Or in a case you are having difficulties making payment via your debit or credit card, you can purchase a money order of the visa fee and associate the money order to the Application ID and Reference number that was given earlier.

If you have any questions or concerns about the visa application process, please contact the Embassy of the country in which you intend to travel.

Please be aware that if you want to pay for your purchase with a money order, you will need to wait for Innovate1 Services to give you an email confirming that they have received your money order before you can proceed with your purchase.

It is possible that it may take between one and two business working days for Innovative1 Services to send you an email including a receipt of a confirmation payment.

Having said that, an acknowledgment slip will be sent to your email address first.

Step 12: Print off your Visa Payment slip as well as your Visa Acknowledgement form.

Can I get a Nigerian visa online?

If, after completing your form, you decide that you would want to make payment at a later time,

You will need to log in to the website, navigate to the OnlineQueryStatus option, enter your Application ID and Reference number, and then complete the payment process.

It is important to take note that some financial institutions and banks that provide credit cards now let online visa or passport applications to be paid for using credit cards. This is because the transaction is associated with Nigeria.

Because of this, in order to avoid any complications with the online payment for your visa,

You will need to contact the financial institution or bank that issued your credit card before making the payment.

You also have the option of paying for your online visa with a money order, which is an alternate payment method.

In an effort to reduce the number of fraudulent activities that are connected to the process of paying for a visa online,

The Nigerian immigration office has instituted a few precautions with regard to the website’s payment options in order to better safeguard it’s consumers. Some of these preventative steps against fraud include:

The applicants’ initial names and their last names must be identical to the first and last names listed on the credit card that will be used for payment.

Applicants for the visa who plan to pay for family members are required to use the cart that permits payment for up to five applicants at the same time.

This includes the cardholder who is applying for the visa as well as four additional family members.

When using the shopping cart, the last name of each family member and applicant must be identical to the last name on the credit card that will be used to make the payment.

To be eligible to utilize the cart for payment for other members of the cardholder’s family, the cardholder themselves need to be an applicant for the cart.

Unless they are registered for additional uses, cards can only be used once each month.

Applying for Nigerian Visa Online

To guarantee that your visa payment is processed in the correct manner, the address that appears on your card statement and the address that you supply on the page where you make the payment must be an exact match.

You will be required to register your credit card before making a payment on the website,

That is I f the initial and last names that appear on your card do not exactly match the first and last names that appear on your identification.

Other cardholders who must first register their cards before making a purchase include as follows:

Cardholders such as travel agencies that want to utilize the cart to make payments for other people,

For instance, five applications at the same time, can do so by following these instructions.

Applicants who seek to make payments on the Nigerian Immigration website on a frequency that is greater than once per month.

It will not be possible for an applicant or cardholder whose card has been blacklisted due to fraudulent activities or applicants whose card has been charged back unless customer service gives their permission first.

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How much does a Nigerian visa cost?

Applications for visas and processing fees that have already been handed in or mailed to the embassy are not eligible for a refund, regardless of whether the visas are approved or denied.

Before the application is either physically delivered to the embassy or sent in through the mail,

Applicants have the option to stop their application process and request a refund for any visa fees that have already been paid online. For information on how refunds are handled, please refer to the Innovate 1 Services page.

The following items are required for a complete application from you:

• Responses are required for every field.
• In the space provided, please sign your name exactly as it appears in your passport.
• Choose the consulate in your home state to handle the processing of your application.

Nigerian Visa Application Fee

Now that we have seen How to Pay for Nigerian Visa Online is time to know how much it will cost you to get one,

The Tables below is a list of Visa Application Fees by Country, you can find the current Visa Application Fees for the United Kingdom, United States and Kenya in a separate table below, please scroll to the bottom.

In a case you need a passport here is How to Apply for a Nigerian International Passport Online.

Country	SINGLE ENTRY	MULTIPLE ENTRY
Afghanistan	Gratis	Gratis
Albania	US$60	US$200
Algeria	US$50	US$50
Andorra	US$68	US$68* No
Angola	US$2	US$2* No
Antigua and Barbuda	US$148	US$148* No
Argentina	US$60	US$100
Armenia	US$60	US$200
Australia	US$141	US$176
Austria	US$88	US$110
Azerbaijan	US$78	US$78
Bahamas	US$19	US$19
Bahrain	US$45	US$45
Bangladesh	US$253	US$253
Barbados	Gratis	Gratis
Belarus	US$68	US$68
Belgium	US$88	US$110
Belize	US$200	US$200
Benin	Gratis	Gratis
Bhutan	US$68	US$68* No
Bolivia	US$2	US$2* No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	US$50	US$100
Botswana	US$114	US$114
Brazil	US$20	US$20* No
Brunei	US$45	US$45* No
Bulgaria	US$50	US$50* No
Burkina Faso	Gratis	Gratis
Burundi	US$100	US$200
Cambodia	US$68	US$68* No
Cameroon	US$3	US$3* No
Canada	US$75	US$150
Cape Verde	Gratis	Gratis
Central African Republic	US$67	US$335
Chad	US$3	US$3* No
Chile	US$200	US$200* No
China	US$64	US$64
Colombia	US$3	US$3* No
Comoros	US$20	US$20* No
Congo	US$111	US$224
Costa Rica	US$20	US$20* No
Côte d’Ivoire	Gratis	Gratis
Croatia	US$50	US$100
Cuba	US$54	US$54
Cyprus	US$30	US$30* No
Czech Republic	US$88	US$110
Democratic Republic of the Congo	US$3	US$3* No
Denmark	US$88	US$110
Djibouti	US$3	US$3
Dominica	US$20	US$20
Dominican Republic	US$20	US$20
Ecuador	US$3	US$3* No
Egypt	US$45	US$45* No
El Salvador	US$3	US$3* No
Equatorial Guinea	US$3	US$3* No
Eritrea	US$2	US$2* No
Estonia	US$60	US$200
Ethiopia	US$2	US$2* No
Fiji	US$2	US$2* No
Finland	US$88	US$110
France	US$88	US$110
Gabon	US$2	US$2* No
Gambia	Gratis	Gratis
Georgia	Gratis	US$200
Germany	US$88	US$110
Ghana	Gratis	Gratis
Greece	US$88	US$110
Grenada	US$3	US$3* No
Guatemala	US$3	US$3* No
Guinea	Gratis	Gratis
Guinea-Bissau	Gratis	Gratis
Guyana	US$3	US$3* No
Haiti	US$3	US$3* No
Honduras	US$3	US$3* No
Hong Kong S.A.R., China	US$64	US$64
Hungary	US$50	US$100
Iceland	US$68	US$68
India	US$253	US$253
Indonesia	US$245	US$245
Iran	US$3	US$3* No
Iraq	US$3	US$3* No
Ireland	US$170	US$235
Israel	US$169	US$169
Italy	US$88	US$110
Jamaica	US$20	US$20* No
Japan	US$36	US$36
Jordan	US$50	US$100
Kazakhstan	US$60	US$200
Kiribati	US$3	US$3* No
Kosovo	US$50	US$100
Kuwait	US$3	US$3
Kyrgyzstan	US$60	US$200
Laos	US$4	US$4
Latvia	US$60	US$200
Lebanon	US$100	US$200
Lesotho	US$64	US$64
Liberia	Gratis	Gratis
Libya	US$26	US$40
Liechtenstein	US$68	US$68
Lithuania	US$60	US$200
Luxembourg	US$88	US$110
Macedonia	Gratis	Gratis
Madagascar	US$3	US$3* No
Malawi	US$39	US$39* No
Malaysia	US$6	US$6
Maldives	US$2	US$2* No
Mali	Gratis	Gratis
Malta	US$26	US$40
Marshall Islands	US$65	US$65* No
Mauritania	US$58	US$58* No
Mauritius	US$2	US$2* No
Mexico	US$32	US$32
Moldova	US$60	US$200
Monaco	US$2	US$2* No
Mongolia	US$26	US$72
Morocco	US$89	US$266
Mozambique	US$50	US$50
Myanmar	US$2	US$2* No
Namibia	US$66	US$66
Nauru	US$4	US$4
Nepal	US$39	US$39
Netherlands	US$88	US$352
New Zealand	US$2	US$2
Nicaragua	US$2	US$2
Niger	Gratis	Gratis
Nigeria	US$0	US$0
North Korea	US$46	US$46* No
Norway	US$4	US$62
Oman	US$46	US$46
Pakistan	US$68	US$68* No
Palau	US$3	US$3
Palestine	US$100	US$200
Panama	US$2	US$2* No
Papua New Guinea	US$2	US$2* No
Paraguay	US$2	US$2* No
Peru	US$2	US$2* No
Philippines	US$39	US$78
Poland	US$51	US$102
Portugal	US$73	US$146
Qatar	US$4	US$4* No
Romania	US$100	US$100* No
Russia	US$84	US$200
Rwanda	US$4	US$4
Saint Kitts and Nevis	US$19	US$19* No
Saint Lucia	US$19	US$19* No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	US$19	US$19* No
Samoa	US$3	US$3* No
San Marino	US$3	US$3
Sao Tome and Principe	US$50	US$100
Saudi Arabia	US$46	US$46* No
Senegal	Gratis	Gratis
Serbia	US$50	US$100
Seychelles	US$4	US$4
Sierra Leone	Gratis	Gratis
Singapore	Gratis	Gratis
Slovakia	US$50	US$100
Slovenia	US$50	US$100
Solomon Islands	US$2	US$2* No
Somalia	US$3	US$3
South Africa	US$58	US$103
South Korea	US$30	US$30* No
Spain	US$88	US$110
Sri Lanka	US$40	US$40
Sudan	US$2	US$2
Suriname	US$40	US$40
Swaziland	US$58	US$58* No
Sweden	US$78	US$78
Switzerland	US$68	US$203
Syria	US$46	US$46
Taiwan	US$50	US$100
Tajikistan	US$68	US$68
Tanzania	US$29	US$29
Thailand	US$14	US$39
Timor-Leste	US$68	US$68* No
Togo	Gratis	Gratis
Tonga	US$64	US$64
Trinidad and Tobago	Gratis	Gratis
Tunisia	US$32	US$32* No
Turkey	US$32	US$32* No
Turkmenistan	US$60	US$200
Tuvalu	US$3	US$3* No
Uganda	US$2	US$2* No
Ukraine	US$52	US$52* No
United Arab Emirates	US$150	US$300
Uruguay	US$60	US$100
Uzbekistan	US$60	US$200
Vanuatu	US$3	US$3
Vatican	US$88	US$110
Venezuela	US$50	US$50
Vietnam	US$68	US$68
Western Sahara	US$2	US$2
Yemen	US$46	US$46
Zambia	US$6	US$6
Zimbabwe	US$50	US$140

Second Table: United Kingdom, USA and Kenya

Second Table	Single Entry (within 6 months)	Multiple Entry 1 Year
United Kingdom	US$144	US$472
United States	US$160	US$160
Kenya	US$25	N/A

HOW TO PAY FOR NIGERIAN VISA ONLINE (NEW OR RENEWAL)

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This brings us to the end of this publication about How to Pay for renewal or new Nigerian Visa Online via Afrokonnect. You can check Visa free countries for Nigerians if you are planning a trip out of Nigeria. Good luck.